richmond (4-12) vs essendon (8-7-1) mcg friday night 740pm
9 weeks ago richmond where in the finals hunt now after 9 straight loses they at least put their best effort in ages but a 1 point loss to out of form essendon leaves them locked to 2nd last. richmond (4-13) play melbourne sunday afternoon at the g essendon (9-7-1) host brisbane at colonial in the grand final rematch.
ESS 4.2 5.8 5.9 7.12 (54)
RICH 1.2 2.3 6.6 7.11 (53)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 2, Lucas 2, Salmon 2, Hille; RICH – Stafford 3, Richardson 2, Hall, Coughlan
hawthorn (9-7) vs brisbane (12-4) mcg sautrdday afernoon 210pm
the hawks revival came to an end with a 56 point loss to brisbane who return to first on the ladder despite a strong first half. Hawthorn (9-8) play freemnatle in perth saturday afternoon brisbane (13-4) play essendon at colonial saturday night in the grand final rematch.
BRIS 1.3 7.6 15.10 18.16 (124)
HAW 3.2 6.5 9.5 10.8 (68)
GOALS: Lynch 5, Voss 2, Power 2, Bradshaw 2, Headland, McRae, Pike, Brown, Black, Shattock, McDonald; HAW – Holland 2, S. Cox 2, Lekkas 2, Hodge, Chick, Rawlings, Thompson
west coast (9-7) vs collingwood (11-5) subiaco saturday afternoon 340pm
west coast affirmed their credentionals with a 58 point win over 3rd place collingwood the win all but secures them a finals spot with two more home games left. West Coast (10-7) travel to optus oval to play the bulldogs sunday. Collingwood (11-6) host carlton in an attempt to get revenge for round 3 friday night at the g.
WCE 7.2 9.7 13.9 17.12 (114)
COL 5.2 5.4 6.6 8.8 (56)
GOALS: WCE – Ph. Matera 4, Williams 2, Hunter 2, Gardiner 2, Haynes 2, Wirrpunda, Wooden, Sierakowski, Lynch, Chambers; COL – Fraser 2, Licuria 2, N. Davis 2, Buckley, Dimattina
sydney (4-11-1) vs carlton (2-14) anz stadium saturday night 720pm
it is getting harder for cartlon not to get their first wooden spoon after a 23 point loss to out of form sydney (their 2nd win in 11 games). sydney (5-11-1) play adelaide at home sunday carlton (2-15) play collingwood friday night at the g.
SYD 3.5 9.9 12.12 13.14 (92)
CARL 3.3 5.4 7.8 10.9 (69)
GOALS: SYD – Goodes 2, Kelly 2, Saddington 2, O’Keefe 2, Williams, Fosdike, O’Loughlin, Kennelly, Fixter; CARL – McKernan 3, Bradley 2, Plunkett 2, Hickmott 2, Murphy
port (12-4) vs melbourne (9-7) aami stadium 740pm saturday night
for the 2nd team this year melbourne came less than a goal short of a massive away upset (but they did win in brisbane though) losing to port by 4 points but port lost first on percentage. Port (13-4) host st kilda saturday night while melbourne (9-8) host richmond at the g sunday afternoon.
PA 6.4 12.7 14.10 17.14(116)
MELB 3.2 9.4 11.6 17.10(112)
GOALS: PA – S. Burgoyne 3, Primus 3, Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Montgomery, Carr, Francou, Guerra, James; MELB – Neitz 6, Bruce 4, Vardy 4, Johnstone, Walsh, Robertson
geelong (10-6) vs adeliade (10-6) skilled stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
accuracy proved the difference in a 3 point thriller with the crows ending geelongs 7 game winning streak. adeliade (11-6) travel to play sydney sunday while geelong (10-7) host kangaroos at skilled stadium saturday.
ADE 6.1 7.1 11.3 15.3 (93)
GEEL 2.3 7.7 8.13 12.18 (90)
GOALS: ADE – Ricciuto 5, Bode 2, Beinke 2, Doughty, Edwards, Johncock, McLeod, Stevens, Clarke; GEEL – Riccardi 4, Johnson 2, Chapman 2, Enright, Kelly, Kingsley, Harley
st kilda (4-11-1) vs freemantle (7-9) optus oval sunday afternoon 210pm
freos recovery is over with a 39 point loss to st kilda ending their finals hopes. st kilda (5-11-1) play port in adeliade sautrday night freemantle (7-10) host hawthorn on sunday afternoon.
STK 3.0 4.3 10.8 18.10 (118)
FRE 4.5 6.7 9.11 11.13 (79)
GOALS: StK – Everitt 3, Gehrig 3, Milne 3, Baker 2, Hamill 2, Thompson 2, Jones, Loewe, Voss;
FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Grover, Hasleby, Koops, McPharlin, Medhurst, Pavlich, Simmonds, Woods
bulldogs (6-9-1) vs kangaroos (9-7) colonial stadium sunday afternoon 210pm
bulldogs weird season is not finished stunning the roos by 34 points keeping their slim hopes alive. bulldogs (7-9-1) host west coast sunday at optus oval kangaroos (9-8) play geelong at geelnog saturday
WB 8.5 12.7 16.9 21.13 (139)
KANG 2.3 7.6 11.8 16.9 (105)
GOALS: WB -Brown 6, Johnson 4, West 2, McMahon 2, Garlick 2, Giansiracusa 2, Darcy, Murphy, Birss; KANG – Rocca 4, Petrie 3, Pickett 2, Harding 2, King, Clayton, Archer, Colbert
ladder
BRIS 13 4 0 1977 1471 134.40 52
PA 13 4 0 1924 1450 132.69 52
COL 11 6 0 1622 1453 111.63 44
ADEL 11 6 0 1785 1604 111.28 44
GEEL 10 7 0 1596 1511 105.63 40
WCE 10 7 0 1720 1641 104.81 40
ESS 9 7 1 1481 1435 103.21 38
MELB 9 8 0 1724 1689 102.07 36
KANG 9 8 0 1670 1732 96.42 36
HAW 9 8 0 1526 1631 93.56 36
WB 7 9 1 1820 1771 102.77 30
FRE 7 10 0 1463 1709 85.61 28
SYD 5 11 1 1533 1530 100.20 22
STK 5 11 1 1358 1765 76.94 22
RICH 4 13 0 1332 1710 77.89 16
CARL 2 15 0 1373 1802 76.19 8
goals
Neitz (MELB) 55
Lynch (BRIS) 53
Kingsley (GEEL) 50
Hall (SYD) 43
Milne (STK) 40
Rocca (KANG) 40
Tredrea (PA) 38
Johnson (WB) 36
Brown (WB) 34
Burton (ADE) 34
Bradshaw (BRIS) 34
Croad (FRE) 33
Dew (PA) 33
P. Burgoyne (PA) 31
Wilson (WCE) 31
round 18 matches
friday
collingwood vs carlton MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
geelong vs kangaroos SS 210pm
freemantle vs hawthorn S 340pm
essendon vs brisbane CS (N) 710pm
port vs st kilda AAMI (N) 740pm
sunday
sydney vs adelaide SCG 110pm
bulldogs vs west coast OO 210pm
melbourne vs richmond MCG 210pm
Harrison’s world 